50 History Questions For AFCAT and CDS Exam 2017

General Awareness constitutes a significant part in every competitive exam and learning history has always been a hurdle for the aspirants. The upcoming AFCAT exam will also have some history questions in the General Awareness section. In AFCAT exam, the questions are asked directly with four options. To help the candidates in getting the idea of the type of question that they will face in AFCAT and CDS examination, we are here with some of the dummy questions from history.

The famous Khujuraho Sculptures are located in which state – Madhya Pradesh

Dandi march was an act to show – Civil Disobedience

Who was the political guru of Gandhiji – Sh. Gopal Krishna Gokhle

The founder of forward block was – Subhash Chandra Bose

Who proposed the name Pakistan – Chaudhary Rahmat Ali

Aaga khan founded which party – All India Muslim League

State kidnapping policy was started in – Punjab

The headquarter of Gadar Party was in – San Francisco

Who is known as “the father of India’s unrest” – Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Who raised the slogan “Inqualab Zindabad” – Bhagat Singh

Who was the founder of Prayer Society – Atmaram Pandurang

The fourth Buddhist council was held in – Kashmir

Who is named as the father of Ayurveda – Charak

The last ruler of Shunga dynasty was – Devabhuti

Who is known as the Napoleon of India – Samudragupta

The meaning of Buddha is – The Enlightened One

Mongols firstly invaded India during the reign of – Iltutmish

Vishnugupta is another name of – Chanakya

Moti masjid in Agra was built by – Shahjahan

The Mugal ruler who banned music and dancing was – Aurangzeb

First Madarasa by British was set up in – Calcutta

The main character of Indus valley civilization was – town planning

Tipu sultan took support of which power to fight British – French

Which war was ended by the treaty of Madras – 1st Mysore war

Kadambiri was written by – Banbhatta

Nadir Shah invaded India during the reign of – Muhammed Shah

The official language of Delhi sultanate was – Persian

The elite feature of Rigveda was – performance of sacrifices

The first English person to visit the Akbar’s court was – Ralph Fitch

Who was thrice selected as the president of the Indian national congress – Dada Bhai Naroji

Epigraphy is – study of inscriptions

Sher Shah died in the war of – Kalinger

During Akbar’s reign, Mir Bakshi was to check – Military Affairs

Todar mal was related to which field – Finance

Tipu Sultan was a ruler of – Mysore

The first Muslim president of Indian National Congress was – Badaruddin Tayabazi

The doctrine of lapse was started by – Lord Dalhousie

Gadar party was established by – Lala Hardyal

The writer of “The Indian War of Independence” was – V. D. Sawarkar

The commission that emphasized on the primary and secondary education was – Charles commission

Conclusion – The above history questions are for providing hints to the aspirants of the level of the questions asked in the Defence competitive exams. The questions asked in CDS are usually in statement form while the questions asked in AFCAT are direct. The above questions are important questions to give out the level of the questions asked. Go through these questions and prepare as per the plan and strategy for the exam.